Pipe



N. HL PRICE.

PIPE.

APPucAIloN FILED AuG.25, 1919.

Patented Aug. 31,1920.

ATTORNEY.1

NATHAN H. PRICE, OF'SHANNOM, ALABAMA.

PIPE.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

Application mea August 25, 191e. serial No. 319,598.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN H. PRICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shannon, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pipes, of which the following is a specification.l

-This invention has reference to a smokers plpe.

The primary vobject of the invention is to provide a pipe with means whereby the bowl and stem may be easily, quickly and effectively cleaned.

Other objects and advantages will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the improvement.

Fig. 2 is an approximately central longitudinal sectional view through the same.

Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view illustrating the manner in which the entire pipe and stem and mouth piece are cleaned.

Fig. 4 is a partial sectionalview showing the manner in which the ash is removed from the bowl.

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the manner in which the pipe is supported for drying after being cleaned.

Fig. 6 is a view illustrating the application of the improvement to a rounded stem pipe.

Figs. forms of a supporting clamp carried by the pipe stem.

1n the drawing the numeral 7 designates a pipe of the ordinary construction. Thel bowl 8 at its lower and closed portion is provided with a central aperture 9, the bore ofthe stem 10 of the said pipe being disposed a slight but suitable distance above the lower wall of the bowl. On the stem 10 is screwed the usual mouth piece 11. Secured to the outer end of the stem 10 is a clamp. This clamp is preferably constructed from a single strand of wire having one of its ends 12 offset and let into a depression in the under face of the stem and from thence wound around the stem as at 13 and the free end thereof is bent upon itself to provide a hookV 14 that is disposed centrally of and on the under face of the stem. Between the aperture 9 in the bowl and the clamp, the stem 7 to 10 inclusive show modifiedl Designed to be received in the bowl is a disk-shaped cleaning member 16. The under face of this member is preferably shaped to correspond with the lower wall of-the bore of the pipe bow/l, and the said lower wall has centrally projecting therefrom a stem 17. This stem has its outer end slotted and pivotally secured in the slot is the eye portion of a resilient rod 18. The rod, when the disk-shaped cleaning member is in normal positioi. in the bowl is designed to be received by the hook member of the catch, and being constructed of resilient material is slightly bent or rounded so as to contact. with the under face of the stem and with the hook. In this manner the rod exerts a spring influence on the stem of the cleaning disk so as to effectively hold the same in the bottom of the bore or smoke chamber of the bowl. It will be apparent that when the bendable spring rod member is brought.

in a line with the stem of the cleaning disk moving the tobacco therefrom as well as the moisture caused from the tobacco. The-disk member is designed to be employed as a plunger, in which instance the pipe is submerged in water and a reciprocatory movement is imparted to the disk when the latter is arranged lin the smoke chamber or bore of the bowl. When the pipe is thus cleaned one finger of' the operator is arranged against the aperture 9 to close the said aperture. 4`When the pipe has thus been cleaned the disk is removed from the bowl and held in inverted position so that the conicalshaped end of the stem is received in the depression or pocket. The rod 18 is then arranged in the hooked end of the clamp and the outer end thereof exerts a spring pressurel betweenthe stem of the cleaning member, the hook of the clamp and the mouth piece of the pipe where is a small. slot to hold the end of the rod, retaining the said pipe at a Slight inclination but efe forming a rest therefor so that the same maly be readily drained and dried.

s my improvement is applicable to curved or rounded stem pipes as well as to straight stem pipes, have, in Fig. 7 of the drawings shown the application thereof to such construction of pipes,`the elements constituting my improvement being precisely `similar to that previously described, `and therefore the reference characters indicating the several partsl inthe figures previously described may be considered as equally applicable to the construction illustrated in -the said Fig. 7., It is to be understood that while the rod 18 is of spring material the same may be readily bent and will thus readily conform itself to the shape of the rounded pipe stem shown in the said Fig. 7.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1; In combination with a smokers pipe,

ofcleaning means therefor including a disk Ireceived in the smoke chamber-of the pipe the smoke chamber thereof, a clamp having a hook-shaped end on the stem of the pipe, and the said stem between the clamp and the referred to opening having a depression providing a pocket on its under face, of a combined cleaning and supporting means for said pipe including a disk designed to be received in the smoke bowl below the passage in the stem of the pipe, a stem on said disk passing through the opening in the smoke bowl, a spring rod pivotally secured to the outer end of the stem designed to contact with the stem of the pipe and vto be engaged inthe hook of the clamp Afor holding the said disk in the smoke chamber, and the stem of the said diskdesigned to be received in the opening in the stem of the pipe and the spring rod adaptedto exert a pressure between the hook of the clamp and the vmouth piece of the pipe when the device is employed as a support for the pipe.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

NATHAN H. PRICE. 

